The world's first human-to-human transmission of H7N9 avian flu in Anhui dead a crisis now

First identified human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases in the world .National Health and Family Planning Commission informed yesterday (March 31), Shanghai City and Anhui Province, found three cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases. Two patients died, Anhui Ji patients in critical condition, Nanjing stay in the hospital for rescue. But informed sources, the TheShanghai total of four patients died, including a father and son from the same family. The experts pointed out that there is no targeted vaccine, no obvious indication that the virus with human-to-human transmission capacity.

Hong Kong Wen Wei Po reported, a notification from the National Health Committee, said Shanghai Municipal patients Lee, 87 years old, 19 February onset actively rescue died March 4. Patients Wu, Shanghai City, 27 years old, the incidence February 27, to actively rescue died on March 10. Patients Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, Mr. Han, female, 35 years old, March 9 incidence is currently in critical condition, Nanjing, Jiangsu active treatment. It is reported that the three cases the clinical manifestations are the early symptoms of respiratory tract infection such as fever, cough, and then developed severe pneumonia and breathing difficulties.

Informed sources, So far, Shanghai has a total of 4 patients with similar symptoms to death, four dead were in the period from February to March this year, admitted in Minhang District of Shanghai, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital.The hospital internal sources, before and after the Lunar New Year, one surnamed Li patients to the hospital, since there are two named Li patients to see a doctor, the three patient relationship as father and son, respectively a doctor's time apart from each other two or three days. 3 among the oldest 87-year-old (communications consistent with the National Health Committee), the other two are 69 years old and 55 years old. Since then, the hospital has admitted another 27-year-old Wu, patients (in line with the National Health Committee communications), but not a kinship with the foregoing surnamed Li.

Allegedly, several patients initially are fever, cough, but her condition all the way to nosedive until the final due to severe pneumonia, respiratory failure and death. The basis of this one surnamed Li family of three all sick to death of this argument is different from the official statement yesterday.

During the several patients sick, the hospital and the Health Bureau, the CDC and other organizations the many consultation, but the test results are not pointing to a known infectious diseases. For insurance purposes, the hospital-level measures to deal with SARS "(SARS), and isolated these several patients in the hospital, the medical staff of all incoming and outgoing, are armed to prevent infection. That time, the hospital is up and down, the atmosphere was very tense.

The aforementioned hospital internal sources, these four patients are ordinaryShanghai locals, surnamed Li, a family of three, has retired. As for the patients with the death of a 27-year-old Wu, rumored career pork street vendors.

National Health Commission means belonging to the avian influenza virus , theH7N9 influenza virus infection from the virus biology, three cases of patients diagnosed with the specific source of the infection is not clear, but so far, the epidemic was not found between the three cases Diseases associated. In addition, 3 cases of 88 close contacts were not unusual. Currently, the Group has been rushed to a local guide emergency response work, Shanghai , Anhui , Jiangsu provincial and municipal health departments to track patients and close contacts and medical observation.

The experts pointed out that the H7N9 subtype of avian influenza virus previously only found in poultry between never found human cases, the people infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, is the world's first discovery of a new subtype of influenza virus. No targeted vaccine.

It is reported that the situation of the above cases timely notification to the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and countries concerned.
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